County Trails Focus of Board of Supervisors’ Action

The Board of Supervisors at its meeting today moved forward three
Fairfax County trail projects.

“In an urban county such as Fairfax County, it is important not only to
protect our natural environment, but to give our residents enhanced
access to some of the county’s most scenic areas,” said Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly. “These projects also
will expand and improve the county’s 40-mile Cross County Trail network,
of which I am so proud, that opened last December.”

The trail projects are:

Construction of the Holmes Run Stream Valley Trail between Columbia
Pike and the City of Alexandria. This segment will connect Fairfax
County’s trail system with Alexandria’s existing trail system. The
trail enters the City of Alexandria in Glen Hills Park, a Fairfax
County Park Authority facility.

Improving the connection from Danbury Forest Drive to the Cross County
Trail in Lake Accotink Park. The improvements include constructing an
asphalt and boardwalk trail with one pedestrian bridge.

Initiating construction for segment two of the Mason Neck Trail with
additional funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation’s
Enhancement Funds to supplement the county’s contribution. Segment two
extends from the first entrance to Pohick Regional Park to west of the
entrance to Gunston Hall Plantation. Segment three of the trail, which
extends from just west of the entrance to Gunston Hall Plantation to
the entrance for Mason Neck Park, is complete. Segment one is slated
for future construction.